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Identifying Special Education Needs in Children With English As An Additional Language

Audience: Primary Teaching Staff
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2

Even when all of the good practice strategies have been put in place to support your learner with EAL - you may find that progress is still slower than expected.

In this course you will look at what can signal that there may SEN and see how to progress through the stages of SEN identification for your pupils with EAL.

  • Gain an understanding of the expected stages of second language acquisition
  • Reflect on the dangers of an incorrect identification of an SEN

  • To understand causes for concern that may trigger an SEN identification process

  • To understand the 4 stages of the SEN/EAL identification process.
  • To understand the factors that can impact on the access and achievement of your pupils with EAL
  • To be able to identify supportive classroom practice for your EAL pupils
  • To be able to spot the 'red flags' of where there may be an SEN
  • To understand the range of evidence that you can collect to support with EAL/SEN identification

Modules include:

  • The features of learning English has a second language
  • When to suspect that there may be an SEN
  • How to apply a 4 step SEN/EAL identification process